How much are financial firms spending on lobbying? The Post takes a look. The pace that the financial, insurance and real estate industries spent on lobbying during the first half of the year puts them on pace to meet last year’s record spending of nearly $460 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a […]
Day: October 17, 2009
Sudan lobbying bid dropped
To follow-up on an earlier post, a U.S. lobbyist will not represent Sudan. James C. Gray Jr., an administrative partner at Nelson Mullins, said Friday that the firm “is no longer pursuing the application or a relationship with the government of Sudan.”
PMA Group update
The Post provides some new details on the investigation into PMA Group. nvestigators have gathered evidence that Charles E. Brimmer, Visclosky’s former longtime chief of staff, suggested to some lobbyists that companies seeking Visclosky’s help in getting Pentagon funds would need to commit to a program of donations to the member of the Appropriations defense […]